The group in statement issued after the conclusion of the clause by clause voting on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution, wondered how the senators could kick against the proposals that would have solved the country’s current problem.
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At the clause by clause voting on the review of the 1999 Constitution, when it came to the retention of the Land Use Act, 46 senators voted in support, while 44 senators voted against.
Before now, only political parties could sponsor candidates for elections in yhe country
The amendment had sought to move certain items to the concurrent legislative list to give more powers to the States
Saraki, in statement, described the constitution amendment process as the fulfilment of a major commitment the 8th Senate made to Nigerians at the commencement of their tenure in 2015.
This is even as the Deputy Senate President and Chairman of the Senate Constitution Amendment Committee, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, laid the report of the Committee for consideration.
Jonathan told the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna that the resolution was clearly an abuse of the Constitution
He made the remarks in Minna as the Chairman at the second edition of the NDEDI Annual lecture series, which had as its theme: “The Emergence of the Current Economic Realities: Expectations on the part of government and the private sector.”
The protest, being attended by civil societies that are against the bill, was ongoing as at press time
President Jonathan said the National Assembly did not fulfil the constitutional requirements for the amendments to be effected
The aggrieved parties and candidates said the use of the electronic device would not only be against the 1999 Constitution, but also the 2010 Electoral Act (As amended) which proscribed electronic voting in the country
The Deputy President of the Senate reiterated that at no point did the National Assembly impose its will on Nigerians
Convinced that the report just released by the United Kingdom-based non-governmental group-Amnesty International on the widespread use of torture by the Nigeria police was evidently and empirically correct, the pro-democracy non-governmental organization-HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has challenged the Inspector General of Police Mr. Suleiman Abba to carry out comprehensive internal clean up exercise to name, shame and prosecute indicted operatives and officers rather than inundate Nigerians with empty rhetorics.
For displaying incompetence in the discharge of their judicial functions, Niger State Judiciary Commission headed by the Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Fati Lami Abubakar has dismissed two Sharia court Judges.
A former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu, has reacted to a statement credited to the National Vice-Chairman South East Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Col Austin Akobundu (rtd.), that he is yet to be readmitted into the party.
And the modification is that of the right to contest and be voted for in any part of the country no matter where they hail from it was gathered
Others, on the other hand, opined that the document was not flawed.
They are of the opinion that there was no need for a new constitution
Mohammed told the News Agency of Nigeria in Okuta, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State that the delay in producing it was as a result of wide consultation
The committee, which received 35 requests for the creation of new states, said that none met the stipulated requirements
Granted that there are provisions introduced by the Senate Constitution amendment committee like the controversial single six year tenure provision which are debatable, one fact is that the current social engineering of amending Nigeria’s extant constitution if properly anchored, will positively change the tempo of delivery of democracy dividends and will embolden key institutions to make independent decisions and policies to serve the public good without let or hindrance by the emperor-like powers that the governors enjoy under the constitution being amended